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HORSE HAY RAKE.

No. 339,971. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM M. BURDIOK, OF ILION, NE\V YORK.

HORSE HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,971, dated April 13, 1886.

Application filed April 17, 1885. Serial No. 162,587. (Modeh) To all whom, it may concern..-

Be it known that I, HIRAM M. BURDIoK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ilion, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse Hay- Rakes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to improvements in horse hay-rakes, and has for its object to provide means for holding the rake down to its work as against being accidentally forced upward therefrom, the ready and easy actuation of the elevating or dumping contrivances of the rake, and to vary the height of the elevation of the rake, when under the action of the pawls, by effecting the disengagement of the pawls with their ratchets; and to these ends the invention consists of the combinations of parts and their construction, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of my rake. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof, the section being taken at the juncture of a wheel-hub and its ratchet. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed view of one of the adjustable rakehead-trip appliances or mechanism. Fig. 4 is a cross section of the rake, showing more clear] y the rake elevating or dumping contrivances, together with its retaining and lowering mechanism; and Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are detail views.

In theembodiment of my invention, with a view to carry out the aforesaid objects, I support the rake-head A, to which is applied at its ends disks a a, upon short axles Z), bearing wheels B and cast with the disks, said disks also being cast with brackets I), each comprising a front vertical plate and a bottom horizontal plate, which plates are bolted to the rake-head, so that the ends of the latter abut or rest against the disks. Upon the inner sides of the wheel-hubs are cast or made fast thereto ratchcts (Z, while between the wheelhubs and the disks a are disposed pawls O, with their lower hooked ends engaging the said ratchets, said pawls being made fast to the ends of a continuous rod, D, passing through an aperture in each disk a, and supported about'centrally of its length in the side pieces of a casting or bracket, 6, fastened to the front side of the rake-head, which parts will be again referred to further on.

The curved teeth A of the rake are articulated or pivoted to a common rod, a, inclosed in the rakehead A, said teeth extending, as usual, through the rear side of said head and through a common supporting bar, 1)", arranged a short distance in rear of and firmly connected, preferably by curved or approximately inverted-U-shaped brackets or arms (1, to the rake head, said brackets being screwed or bolted to the rake-head and bar b while the bar I) is provided with vertical slots b, for the passage through it and to permit the independent movement of each tooth, (except as hereinafter named,) for their escape from obstructions. To two central raketeeth, near their lower ends, is fastened a piece of heavy metal, (1, to weight the lower end of and aid in holding the rake to its work.

Ordinary fingers or bars, 6, are fastened to the draft-frame E, and project rearwardly therefrom sufficiently to eliminate or remove the gathered or raked hay from the raketeeth as the rake is elevated or dumped.

The draft-frame E, having the thills E and supporting the seat E is pivoted or connected to pivots or projections f, cast or fast with the disks (1, and supported near their outer ends in brackets f, depending from the castings or brackets b of the rake-head, said pivots or projectionsf being fast to the said disks and passed through apertured thill-irons g, fastened to the draft-frame 16. Upon these thillirons are disposed, so as to be adjustable, the plates 9 of the rake-head-tripping device, which is more especially adapted to automatic ally limit the upward and forward movement or elevation of the rake or its head when actuated by the pawls alone, said plates 9 having pendents 9*, against which strike lateral projections or pins h, projecting from the pawls 0, through slots of the disks a.

The adj nst-ability of the plates 9 is effected by means of screws passing through slots 9 of said plates and entering the thill-irons, the purpose of which is to allow of the adjustment of the said plates so as to permit their pendents to intercept the movement of the pins or projections h of the pawls C, retracting or disengaging the pawls from their ratchets at different points in the upward movement of the rake, whereby the height of the elevation of thelatter can be varied as may be required.

Again referring to the rod-connection D between the pawls 0, it will be seen that a pendent bar or arm,F,is screwed or rigidly bolted to said rod or connection between the side pieces of the casting or brackets e, which arm or bar is connected by an eyebolt or equivalent device to a rod, i, with its outer forward end connected to the lower end of the lever G, as presently more fully described.

The pendent bar or arm F is acted upon by a spring, j, inclosed in a tubular or thimbleshaped extension of the bracket c, said extension being arranged under the rake-head.

The normal action of the spring j is to cause the arm or lever F to so act upon the rod D, when the pawls are not in use, as to automatically retract and hold retracted the pawls from their ratchets, while by pressing inwardly upon the said lever F at its lower end, which is effected through the lever G, the rod D will be so acted upon as to put the pawls into e11- gagement with their ratehets, the effect of which latter action ofparts is to cause the turning or revolving of the rake head, and consequently effect the elevation of the rake and the dumpingof its contents, it being assumed, of course, that the machine is in motion.

The lever G, whose upper or actuated end is provided with a lateral bend or arm, G, to permit of its convenient actuation by the foot,

H is pivoted a short distance above its lower end v or tilting lever, I.

to a rear extension or arm, 70, of a shoe, H, brazed or cast at its inner side with a rocking The rear end of the lever I is provided with a forwardly projecting hook, I, while near its forward end it is pivoted to a bracket or casting, J, bolted to the draftframe. The said forward end of the rocking lever I is rounded upon its upper edge or surface or otherwise adapted to permit of the convenient operation of the lever or its hooked end by the action of the foot uponsaid forward end. The bracket or casting J is provided with a shoulder, m, just below the lever I, to limit the downward movement of the latter when actuated.

'To the rear end of the casting or bracket J is pivoted at its lower end a link or bar, K,

and in the slot formed in the upper end of said link or bar is pivoted near its end a link, k, which is connected at its other end to the rear side of the rake-head, the connection thereat being formed by passing the pivot at that end through apertured lugs of a bracket,m, bolted to said side of the rake-head. The outer end of the link it, beyond the point where it is pivoted to the link or bar K, is slightly inclined, so that when the rake is elevated the same will occupy a horizontal position, and on the upper end of this inclined portion is secured a foot-rest, K, the purpose of which will appear farther on.

The foot-lever K is provided upon that side next to the hooked lever I with a projection or pin, 01, which, when the foot lever K is thrown forward to elevate or dump the rake, maybe caught by the hook lot the lever I when it may be desired to retain the rake elevated without exerting the continuous press. ure or action of the foot upon the foot-lever. In order, however, to cause the engagement of the hook I of the lever'I with said pin n of thelink K, either the rocking lever I or its shoe H will have to be actuated or tilted forward, permitting the hook to catch over and hold the pin. v v

It will be observed that by reason of the capability of the rod-connection D being adapted to have a more or less twisting or torsional action, as it in practice does, the pawls will be T I allowed, to slip by the teeth of the ratchets should the pawls happen to be held upon the turning of the rake after dumping unintentionally or inadvertently in engagement with the ratchets by the failure of the driver or operator to release 'or remove his foot from the lever G.

In order to commence work, the driver or operator, being seated upon the machine, places and holds his right foot upon the foot-lever 7c k, placing it upon the foot-rest K, and starts the team, drawing the machine over the ground, the driver at the same time pressing upon the foot-lever, enabling the rake to gather or rake up the hay. After a sufficient quan tity of hay has been gather or raked up, the driver or operator swings the heel of the foot used in pressing upon the shoe H of the lever I to and upon the bend of the lever G, his toe, resting upon the shoe H of the lever I, and

presses forward upon the lever G, which will actuate the rods z andD, when the latter rod will apply the pawls O, causing the revolving or turning of the rake-head and the elevation or dumping of the rake. The rake having been dumped, the operator removes his heel from the lever G, the pawls, the instant this is done, being released from theratchets, and the rake will by its own weight or gravity return to its normal lowered position. If, however, it is desired to retain the rake elevated, the heel is swung back upon the shoe H of the foot-lever I and the toe placed and pressed upon the forward end of the shoe of the lever I, tilting the latter forward when the book l of the said lever I will catch overthe lever the rake will return to its lowered position.

It will be seen that should the operator fail through the rod 2' and rod-connection D the engagement of the pawls with the ratchets and hence the elevation of the rake, when the rake has been elevated to its maximum height, to cause the disengagement of the pawls with the ratchets, the same is effected by means of the pins orprojections hof the pawls abutting against the pendents of the plates Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a horse hay-rake, the combination, with the pawls engaging with the ratchets on the wheel-hubs and connected at one end by a rod-connection, and having on their other ends pins or projections, of the adjustable plates having pendants at their rear ends, the thill-irons, and the end disks having pivots or projections for connection with said thillirons, said disks being slotted for passage of said pins or projections, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a horse hay-rake, the combination, with the lever G, the spring-actuated bar or arm, and the rod-connection D, said lever connected to said bar or arm by rod 1', of the pawls connected to each end of said rod-connection having a lateral projection or pin on their outer ends, and the end disks having slots for passage of said projections or pins, and the adjustable plates having pendants at their rear ends, said end plates having pivots or projections for connection with the thill-irons, substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

3. In a horse hay-rake, the combination, with the spring-actuated bar or arm and the lever having a rod connecting with the lower end, of said bar or arm of the rod-connection, the pawls engaging with ratchets on the wheelhubs and carrying pins or projections, and the adjustable plates having pendants at their rear ends, said pawls being connected at one end to said rod-connection, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a horse hay-rake, the combination, with the supporting-wheels having ratchets on their hubs, of the rake-head, a rod'mounted thereon, pawls engaging said ratchets and secured to said rod, a pendent arm on said rod,

a spring lying in a tube connected with the rake-head and bearing against said arm, a lever connect-ed to said arm by a connecting rod and fulcrumed to a lever provided with a foot-rest and hooked end, and a tilting lever adapted to engage said hooked end, substantially as shown and described.

, 5. In a horse hay-rake, the combination, with the end disks and the pawls having pins or projections passing through slots of the said disks, of the adjustable plates having pendants at their rear ends, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HIRAM M. BURDIOK.

\Vitnesses:

MosEs R. FLANDERS, JAMES M. BURDIOK. 

